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οἷον ἔειπες → what are you saying, what did you say

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ἡμέραν δ' ἐξ ἡμέρας ῥίπτεις κυβεύων τὸν πρὸς Ἀργείους Ἀρη → day after day you cast your dice in war against the Argives, day by day you make your throw adventuring war against the Argives

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εὐνοεῖσθαι ὑπό θεῶν και ὑπό γυναικῶν → be liked by gods and women, be loved by gods and women, be favored by gods and women, be favoured by gods and women

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εὐνοοῦμαι ὑπὸ γυναικός → be liked by a woman, be favoured by a woman, be favored by a woman

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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ὁ ἐντυγχάνων τοῖς τοξεύμασι → he who fell in the way of the bow-shots

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ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς –> but he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill

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κακοῖς ἐντυγχάνω → fall in with evils

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ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει –> when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it

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τὸ γὰρ ἐμφυὲς οὔτ' αἴθων ἀλώπηξ οὔτ' ἐρίβρομοι λέοντες διαλλάξαιντο ἦθος → the red fox and the roaring lion cannot change the nature born in them

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εἰ μὴ μάλα γέ τινες ὀλίγοι ὧν ἐγὼ ἐντετύχηκα → apart from a very few whom I've met

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ὀλίγοι τινὲς ὧν ἐντετύχηκα → a very few whom I've met

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ἐν δὲ μηνὸς πρῶτον τύχεν ἆμαρ → it chanced to be on the first of the month, that day fell on the first of the month

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δήλωσιν ποιούμενος ὅτι ὁ ἐντυγχάνων τοῖς τε λίθοις καὶ τοξεύμασι διεφθείρετο → intimating that it was a mere matter of chance who was hit and killed by stones and bow-shots

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γλαῦκ' εἰς Ἀθήνας → owl to Athens, owls to Athens, undertaking a highly uneconomical venture, undertaking a pointless venture, undertaking a superfluous venture, undertaking an unnecessary venture, undertaking a redundant venture

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Μέλλοντα ταῦτα. Τῶν προκειμένων τι χρὴ πράσσειν· μέλει γὰρ τῶνδ' ὅτοισι χρὴ μέλειν → Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, and we must mind today.

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Τίς, ξένος ὦ ναυηγέ; Λεόντιχος ἐνθάδε νεκρὸν εὗρέ σ᾿ ἐπ᾿ αἰγιαλοῦ, χῶσε δὲ τῷδε τάφῳ, δακρύσας ἐπίκηρον ἑὸν βίον· οὐδὲ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἥσυχος, αἰθυίῃ δ᾿ ἶσα θαλασσοπορεῖ. → Who art thou, shipwrecked stranger? Leontichus found thee here dead on the beach, and buried thee in this tomb, weeping for his own uncertain life; for he also rests not, but travels over the sea like a gull.

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πᾷ τὰς φρένας ἐκπεπότασαι → where have you scattered your wits, what senselessness has possessed you

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μαλακία ψυχῆς → softness of the soul, weakness of the soul, moral cowardice

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τὸ κηρύκειον ἢ τὴν μάχαιραν → peace or the sword

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